NewPage officials say it will re-evaluate its sale to Verso Paper Corp. if the Tennessee-based papermaker is unable to meet the conditions of the proposed merger.

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A leader of Wisconsin Rapids' largest employer, which is in negotiations to merge with a Memphis, Tenn.-based papermaker, says the company might reconsider the deal, newly filed documents show.

NewPage Holdings Inc., which employs about 1,700 people at facilities in Wisconsin Rapids, Biron and Stevens Point, will re-evaluate its sale to Verso Paper Corp. and consider all of its options if the Tennessee-based papermaker is unable to meet the conditions of the proposed merger, said Mark Angelson, board chairman for NewPage, in a letter to Verso executives.